Provinces, SANA – An increasing number of terrorists have been killed in precise and pinpoint operations carried out by the army units and the air force in various areas across the country.

Lattakia

Army units, in cooperation with the popular defense groups, restored security and stability to the villages of Barrouma, Mazyan and Rweiset Hmeiroush in the northern countryside of Lattakia province, a military source announced on Sunday.

Meanwhile, units of the army also restored security and stability to villages of Majdal Kikhia, Sheikh Mustafa, Sheikh Ayoub and Ayn al-Ghazal in addition to the strategic points 679, 466 and 448 in Lattakia northern countryside.

The source described the operations carried out in those areas as “intensive, precise and swift” in which special tactics for mountainous and wooded areas were used.

Engineering units dismantled a number of explosive devices and mines which the terrorists had earlier planted among houses and at the villages’ entrances, the source said, noting that a number of terrorists were killed in the operations and the rest fled toward areas on the Turkish border.

In the same context, army units, in cooperation with the popular defense groups, established control over a number of strategic hills northeast of Mahassa in the southeastern countryside of Homs.

In the meantime, over the past 24 hours, the army’s air force carried out sorties against positions and gatherings of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists and other Takfiri organizations in the northern countryside of the province.

The terrorists suffered heavy losses, with 6 of their positions getting destroyed in Teir Maala, Talbiseh and al-Rastan area.

A number of vehicles, some equipped with machine gun, and a rocket launching pad were destroyed in Ein Hussein village.

Army units destroyed a rocket launcher and three vehicles for ISIS terrorists in the eastern countryside of Homs.

Hama

The army’s air force destroyed sites and vehicles for ISIS terrorists in al-Rahjan village, 60 km east of Hama city, according to a military source.

The source said that gatherings of Jaish al-Fatah terrorists and several of their fortified positions were hit in army airstrikes in Kafar Nabbouda and al-Latamna towns, 35 km north of Hama city.

Centers and vehicles of various kinds were destroyed in the airstrikes.

Deir Ezzor

At least 100 ISIS terrorists were killed in army operations in the eastern Deir Ezzor province during the past 24 hours.

The army’s air force carried out sorties targeting ISIS positions and vehicles in al-Husseiniyeh village in the western countryside of the province. The positions and vehicles were destroyed, with terrorists around getting killed.

Several ISIS hideouts and vehicles, some of which are equipped with machineguns, were also destroyed in army airstrikes in al-Mrei’iyeh village in the eastern countryside, while an army unit eliminated a number of gatherings of ISIS terrorists in al-Sheikh Yaseen neighborhood in Deir Ezzor city.

Meanwhile, a source on the ground said an army unit targeted ISIS sites in the neighborhoods of al-Hamidiyeh, al-Aradi and al-Rushdiyeh, killing 71 terrorists and injuring 81 others.

Terrorist leaders were among the dead, according to the source.

Four more ISIS terrorists were killed in an army operation against their gathering in the vicinity of Deir Ezzor military airport.

A Libyan leader within the so-called “Deir Ezzor Airport Front” nicknamed “Abu Islam al-Baghdadi and five of his group’s members were confirmed dead in al-Hamediyeh neighborhood.

An army unit clashed with ISIS terrorists in the surroundings of al-Mrei’iyeh, killing 9 terrorists.

A number of gatherings of ISIS terrorists were hit in al-Hawi area, and a vehicle transporting 12 terrorists was destroyed on Mrat road in the eastern countryside of the province.

In the northern and western countryside of Deir Ezzor, more gatherings of ISIS terrorists were targeted in a precise operation near the Water Station in Mheimideh village and Sfeira Tahtani.

ISIS terrorists were also targeted in several operations in separate areas in al-Bukamal city, 130 southeast of Deir Ezzor city.

The operations resulted in destroying a23 mm machinegun in al-Kitf area and two vehicles equipped with machineguns and an ammunition depot near al-Masmakeh and al-Sinaa areas, in addition to destroying two vehicles, one of which equipped with machinegun, in al-Baghouz area.

Aleppo

A field source told SANA that units of the army restored security and stability to villages of Barhlin, Sin and al-Jdeidah in Aleppo eastern countryside.

earlier, the army’s air force destroyed positions, fortifications and vehicles equipped with machineguns belonging to ISIS terrorists in the villages of Burj Azzawi, al-Sin, al-Tanbar and Jeb al-Ali in al-Sfeira area the eastern countryside of Aleppo province.

ISIS terrorists suffered heavy losses during army operations against their sites in the villages of Tallet al-Shawaya, al-Tibeh, Barlahin and al-Sin in the northeastern countryside of the province.

Gatherings of terrorists and their vehicles were hit in army airstrikes in al-Ameriyeh village in Aleppo southern countryside.

An army unit targeted terrorists’ positions and fortifications in Souran village, destroying them and killing all the terrorists at the sites.

In Aleppo city, army units hit gatherings of Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations in the neighborhoods of al-Rashidin, Bani Zaid, Karm al-Trab, al-Jandoul and al-Jalloum. A heavy cannon was destroyed in al-Mayser neighborhood.

Daraa

An army unit targeted gatherings of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Busra al-Sham city, 40 km to the east of Daraa city, destroying sites, vehicles and weapons, a military source told SANA.

Army operations in Daraa city resulted in destroying a mortar launcher and a fortified post for terrorists in al-Karak quarter, a hideout and a vehicle in al-Abbassiyeh quarter and another hideout near Busra Square in Daraa al-Mahatta neighborhood.

A number of terrorists were killed or injured in al-Nazihin Camp quarter.